Film

Miss and the Doctors

Name: Miss and the Doctors
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2013
Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Cédric Kahn, Laurent Stocker, Paula Denis, Serge Bozon

Medical drama

A French comedy-drama where two doctor brothers both develop crushes on their young patient's mother, a bartender. It's a light, character-driven film about attraction, rivalry and the gap between medical professionalism and messy human feeling. Warm and wryly funny rather than hilarious, best for viewers who like relationship tangles with genuine emotional undertow.

TMDb rating

2.8

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy quiet, dry French comedies where awkward romantic longing plays out in small gestures, and a little melancholy sits comfortably beside the laughs.

Skip it if you want brisk plotting or a clear comic payoff; this one drifts at its own pace, and its humour is deadpan enough that some viewers will find it flat.

What it asks of you: About an hour and forty minutes of unhurried, observational scenes with few big moments, so it rewards patience and close attention to faces and silences.

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